Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Kidnapping & Carjacking |
Sentence: |
33 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
2.75 |
Year Crime: |
2013 |
Year Convicted: |
2014 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Delaware |
County or Region of Crime: |
Sussex |
City of Crime: |
Lincoln |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Phillip Brewer and Rondaiges Harper were codefendants wrongly convicted of kidnapping in the 2013 abduction of 89-year-old Margaret Smith in Slaughter Beach, Delaware. On Aug. 13, 2015, the Deleware Supreme Court reversed Harper's convictions because he was found not involved in the carjacking that preceded the kidnapping. A Sussex County Superior Court Judge approved Mr. Harpers motion dismiss his case on Dec. 17, 2015." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On Aug. 13, 2015, the Deleware Supreme Court reversed Harper's convictions because he was found not involved in the carjacking that preceded the kidnapping. A Sussex County Superior Court Judge approved Mr. Harpers motion dismiss his case on Dec. 17, 2015." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
17 |
Age When Released: |
20 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Charges against convicted kidnapper withdrawn: Phillip Brewer, sentenced in Margaret Smith abduction, still serving time, By Ryan Mavity, Cape Gazette (Delaware), Feb 15, 2016" |
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http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/charges-against-convicted-kidnapper-withdrawn/1472524 |
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"Charges dropped in Seaford abduction case, By Craig Anderson, Delaware State News, January 26, 2016" |
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http://delawarestatenews.net/police/charges-dropped-in-seaford-abduction-case/ |
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